2012 IWLCA/Under Armour Week 7 Poll

Apr 10, 2012

IWLCA Division I Poll, Week
7

Northwestern unanimous No. 1 for
fourth straight week;

Same 20 schools remain
ranked

9 April 2012

Northwestern
continued its perch on top of the national rankings by taking all
20 votes for a fourth straight week while the poll remained
consistent overall with all 20 ranked teams from last week
appearing in this week’s poll. The ALC stretches its record
six schools for a fourth consecutive poll, with three of them
appearing in the upper half of the rankings. The ACC has five
schools in the top-20, while the Big East and the Ivy League both
claim four schools each.

In the ALC, the
Wildcats remain on top at No. 1, with Florida holding at No. 5 and
Ohio State moving back into the top-10 at No. 10. Penn State moves
to No. 13, while Vanderbilt sits at No. 17 and Johns Hopkins holds
at No. 19.

The ACC also has
three schools in the top-10, led by North Carolina at No. 3.
Maryland falls right behind at No. 4, and Duke remains at No. 6.
Virginia falls to No. 12 and Boston College remains in the top-20
at No. 20.

The Big East has
four schools in the poll, with two in the top-10. Syracuse holds at
No. 2 and Notre Dame moves up to No. 8. Loyola starts off the
second half of the poll at No. 11, while Georgetown remains at No.
14.

The Ivy League
claims four schools in the top-20, two of which reside in the
top-10. Penn moves up to No. 7 and Dartmouth also jumps, landing at
No. 9. Cornell rises to No. 15 and Princeton remains at No.
18.

Massachusetts
from the Atlantic-10 moves up one spot to No. 16.

The week starts
out with No. 2 Syracuse taking on No. 9 Dartmouth in New York. On
Wednesday, No. 4 Maryland travels to No. 18 Princeton and No. 12
Virginia faces No. 19 Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. On Friday, a
top-three matchup takes place in Illinois as top-ranked
Northwestern faces No. 3 North Carolina. A quartet of games between
ranked teams is scheduled for Saturday, including three conference
games. No. 2 Syracuse takes on No. 14 Georgetown in Big East
action, while No. 5 Florida welcomes No. 17 Vanderbilt in ALC play.
A top-10 tilt is on the line in the Ivy League as No. 7 Penn
travels to face No. 9 Dartmouth while No. 15 Cornell welcomes No.
11 Loyola. On Sunday, four ALC teams are in action, with No. 1
Northwestern hosting No. 19 Johns Hopkins and No. 10 Ohio State
welcoming No. 13 Penn State.

This is the
seventh regular-season IWLCA poll of the 2012 season; the next poll
will be released on April 17.

IWLCA Division I
Week 7 Poll (9 April 2012)

Record Votes (1st pl) Previous

1.
Northwestern
12-0 400 (20)
1

2.
Syracuse
8-2
371 2

3. North
Carolina
13-1
367 4

4.
Maryland
11-3
335 3

5.
Florida
13-2
325 5

6.
Duke
9-5
282 6

7.
Pennsylvania
6-4
252 8

8. Notre
Dame
9-2
243 9

9.
Dartmouth
8-1
229 10

10. Ohio
State
9-3
220 11

11.
Loyola
8-3
175 13

12.
Virginia
9-5
174 7

13. Penn
State
8-4
167 12

14.
Georgetown
8-4
163 14

15.
Cornell
7-3
104 16

16.
Massachusetts
12-1
93 17

17.
Vanderbilt
7-5
86 15

18.
Princeton
6-4
72 18

19. Johns
Hopkins
7-4
65 19

20. Boston
College
6-7
40 20

Also receiving votes: James
Madison, Stony Brook, Towson

IWLCA Division II Poll, Week
7

LeMoyne takes all 15 first-place
votes for a second straight week

9 April 2012

The LeMoyne Dolphins swept all
15 first-place votes for a second consecutive week as all 15
schools remained in the ranking from last week. Only three schools
moved from their positions in last week’s poll as there was
little movement.

The NE-10
continues to lead all conferences as the league has seven ranked
teams, starting with No. 1 Le Moyne and No. 2 Adelphi. Stonehill
remains at No. 6 and New Haven holds at No. 7 with Bentley
remaining at No. 8. Merrimack sits just outside the top-10 at No.
11 and St. Anselm moves up to No. 13.

The PSAC’s
three schools are led by No. 9 West Chester; Lock Haven remains in
the top-10 at No. 10 and IUP moves to No. 14.

The ECC is
represented by No. 5 C. W. Post and No. 12 Dowling, up one spot
from last week. Limestone from the Conference Carolinas stays at
No. 4.

The two
independent schools in Florida remain in the poll, with Rollins
holding steady at No. 3 and Florida Southern remaining in the poll
at No. 15.

This is the
seventh weekly poll for the IWLCA for the 2012 season; the next
regular-season poll will be released April 17.

IWLCA Division II
Week 7 Poll (9 April 2012)

Record Votes (1st pl) Previous

1.
LeMoyne
9-0 225 (15)
1

2.
Adelphi
9-1
205 2

3.
Rollins
13-0
198 3

4.
Limestone
12-1
179 4

5. CW
Post
8-1
165 5

6.
Stonehill
9-2
147 6

7. New
Haven
8-2
120 7

8.
Bentley
7-4
119 8

9. West
Chester
8-1
113 9

10. Lock
Haven
6-4
103 10

11.
Merrimack
4-5
60 11

12.
Dowling
5-4
38 13

13. St.
Anselm
5-5
36 14

14.
IUP
8-2
31 12

15. Florida Southern
10-3
20 15

Also receiving votes: Gannon,
Mercyhurst, Queens (NY)

IWLCA Division III Poll –
Week 7

Salisbury remains at No. 1; same 20
schools remain ranked

9 April 2012

The Salisbury Sea Gulls held on to the No. 1
position this week, picking up another first place vote to lay
claim to 19 of the 20 votes. Cortland remains in the No. 2 slot,
and Trinity, who claimed the other first-place nod, moved up to the
No. 3 position. The same 20 schools from last week remain in the
rankings for Week 7, giving the NESCAC eight ranked schools
again.

Of the NESCAC’s eight
schools in the poll, four sit in the top-10, including two in the
top-five as Trinity moves up to No. 3 and Middlebury rises to No.
5. Colby moves to No. 8 and Bowdoin rounds out the top-10 at
No. 10. Amherst starts the second half of the poll at No. 11 and
Tufts moves to No. 13; Hamilton holds at No. 18 and Bates moves to
No. 20.

The Capital Athletic Conference
is represented by No. 1 Salisbury while York moves up to a
program-high No. 12. Mary Washington sits right behind the Spartans
at No. 13 and Stevenson remains at No. 19.

The Centennial has both schools
in the rankings sitting in the top-10; Gettysburg holds at No. 4
while Franklin & Marshall moves up to No. 7.

Six conferences claim one school
each. Cortland from the SUNYAC remains at No. 2 position, while
TCNJ from the NJAC moves to No. 6. Messiah from the Commonwealth
rises to No. 9 while Washington & Lee from the ODAC holds at
No. 15. Catholic from the Landmark remains at No. 16 and Stevens
Tech also holds steady, staying at No. 17.

On Tuesday, No. 12 York faces
No. 17 Stevens in New Jersey. On Wednesday, No. 4 Gettysburg
travels to face No. 16 Catholic. Friday brings a top-10 meeting as
No. 1 Salisbury travels to face No. 6 TCNJ. On Saturday, two
top-five teams meet in Vermont as No. 3 Trinity travels to draw
against No. 5 Middlebury; No. 13 Tufts is on the road at No. 11
Amherst in another NESCAC tilt. On Sunday, the CAC sees top-ranked
Salisbury on the road at No. 19 Stevenson.

This is the seventh weekly poll
by the IWLCA for the 2012 season; the next regular-season poll will
be released on April 17.